NY Gun Law Challenge To Feature Fight Over Ammo Monopoly

Law360, New York (March 25, 2013, 7:17 PM EDT) -- New York's high-profile Second Amendment battle with gun owners over its new controls on firearms will play out alongside a more unusual fight, over whether new rules governing ammunition sales create an illegal monopoly, a challenge that experts said Monday could leave the state on shaky constitutional ground.

The New York Safe Act, signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Jan. 15, contains “the toughest protections against gun violence in the nation” including stricter definitions of what constitutes an assault weapon and curbs on high-capacity magazines....